US Army liberation of concentration camps
Creator(s)
- Peter F. Elgar (Script Contributor)
- Peter F. Elgar (Editor)
- United Films (US Information Service, Paris) (Producer)
- National Center for Jewish Film
- United States. Army (Producer)
- Henri Cartier-Bresson (Director)
Scope and Content
A film produced by the US Information Agency, Paris, France and the US Army. It tells the story of American soldiers and the liberation of Europe's concentration camps through compilations of footage shot by the US Army upon liberation of the camps. Narration from POV of an American soldier.
Note(s)
More Production Credits: Written by: Alfred Lewis Levitt Music by: Robert Lannoy Narrated by: Daniel Chuggerman
Subjects
- RUBBLE
- CHILDREN
- CONCENTRATION CAMPS
- CZECHOSLOVAKIA
- BELGIUM
- IMMIGRATION
- DESTITUTION
- RIVERS
- AUSCHWITZ
- CONCENTRATION CAMPS (LIBERATION)
- SURVIVORS
- LIBERATION
- BERGEN-BELSEN
- CHILDREN (JEWISH)
- LICE
- DISPLACED PERSONS (DP) CAMPS
- WOMEN
- DACHAU
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- HOSPITALS
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
- DISPLACED PERSONS (DP)
- DESTRUCTION
Places
- Auschwitz, Poland
- Bergen-Belsen, Germany
- Dachau, Germany
- Paris, France
- , Europe
Genre
- Film
- Propaganda.
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